RolesJul 21, 2025·5 min read
The nursing resume: credentials, clinicals, and clarity
Healthcare resumes are scanned for licences and specialties first. Make them impossible to miss.
Licences and certs up top
RN licence, state, BLS/ACLS and specialty certifications belong near the header where they're found instantly. These are non-negotiable screening items.
Specialty and setting
Name your units and settings — ICU, ER, med-surg — and patient load or acuity. Recruiters match on exactly this.
Quantify care
Patients per shift, throughput improvements, protocols you helped implement. Even in care work, the specifics show scope and reliability.
Keep it clean and parse-safe
Healthcare systems lean heavily on ATS. A single-column, standard-header layout ensures your licences and specialties extract correctly.